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Thanks to Bill McLaren and Hawick Rugby Club, a world class rugby resource is being created in the Borders

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Police say the two vehicles were travelling at 70mph when they entered Stow, and only slowed to 50mph.

Pair fined for 70mph arrival in Stow

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Jedburgh Sheriff Court

‘Monkey’ jibe was not racist insists accused

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Standing together at the last election, but miles apart on the budget, Tweeddale East councillors Stuart Bell and Shona Haslam.

Rival budgets set for vote next week at Scottish Borders Council

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Kelso pensioner robbed of five-figure sum by telephone fraudsters

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Peebles homeowner in dispute with Scottish Borders Council over parking bay

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Council’s draft budget ... at a glance

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Selkirk’s KIA garage celebrates rising staff and sales numbers

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Borders pupils to be issued with ipads

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New laws on domestic abuse will now make emotional abuse within a relationship illegal

Changes to the law will make these 10 things illegal in a relationship

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Pensioner injured in hit and run on Mertoun Bridge

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Councillor Davie Paterson at the Dunk corner near Hawick.

Calls continue for improvements to A7 corner near Hawick

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Melrose Road in Galashiels.

Woman charged after collision which forced Melrose Road closure

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Galafoot Bridge, near Galashiels.

Galafoot Bridge to be closed overnight for two weeks

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Philip Kerr at the Chesters crossroads.

A6088 junction at Chesters a tragedy waiting to happen, villagers tell Borders council

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Pair fined for 70mph arrival in Stow

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Jedburgh Sheriff Court

‘Monkey’ jibe was not racist insists accused

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Kelso pensioner robbed of five-figure sum by telephone fraudsters

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New laws on domestic abuse will now make emotional abuse within a relationship illegal

Changes to the law will make these 10 things illegal in a relationship

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Education More Education >>

Council’s draft budget ... at a glance

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Borders pupils to be issued with ipads

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Council leader Shona Haslam

Council tax to rise by an extra 1% to speed up new Hawick High School

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The campus in December 2018.

Townsfolk jump at chance to visit Jedburgh’s new campus site

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Hawick High School.

Upcoming £610,000 Hawick textile centre looking for first intake of trainees

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Council’s draft budget ... at a glance

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Leven Car Company's Selkirk KIA garage.

Selkirk’s KIA garage celebrates rising staff and sales numbers

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Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF): Shorts On Tour is to visit Hawick this Saturday (February 24) with an inclusive selection of'LGBTQ+ short films from their December 2018 Film Festival.

LGBTQ+ short films

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The campus in December 2018.

Townsfolk jump at chance to visit Jedburgh’s new campus site

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Rival budgets set for vote next week at Scottish Borders Council

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Hawick's High School in Buccleuch Road is set to be replaced in five years, much earlier than the previously estimated timescale. However, Borderers will be paying extra on their council tax to enable the accelerated project.

Council’s draft budget ... at a glance

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Council leader Shona Haslam

Council tax to rise by an extra 1% to speed up new Hawick High School

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The campus in December 2018.

Townsfolk jump at chance to visit Jedburgh’s new campus site

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Council staff sick days cost over £3m each year

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Turning the tide in Galashiels

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Kelso's recycling centre.

Borders recycling centres to shut one or two days a week from April

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Kelso councillor Euan Robson shelters from pigeon mess at Henderson's Court.

Feathers fly as dispute over Kelso bird mess goes on

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The chestnut tree outside the council buildings, across from the Mungo Park statue in Selkirk's High Street.

Review of Selkirk’s mature trees raises question about value of tree protection orders

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Council staff sick days cost over £3m each year

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Jacky and Hamish Ritchie, with their dog Penny, vet Robbie Norquary and receptionist Sheila Fleming.

Life-saving Kelso vets staff are hailed heroes

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Pedal power...Andy McKenna and his wife Aneela have been on a very different journey since he first became ill in 2007 but they are not letting MS take over their lives completely and still enjoy regular mountain bike rides.

Borders businessman launches international raffle for Overcoming MS

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Pam Newington, Sue Goodwin, Monica Kaczynska, Eilean Hogarth, Jim Mackie, Anne Mackie and Eileen Foster at the Charity for Care shop in Kelso celebrating its fourth anniversary.

Kelso charity shop celebrating after raising £250,000 for hospital unit in four years

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The Borders General Hospital at Melrose.

Under-pressure Borders hospital bosses urging patients to stay away except in emergencies

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